title: Randomized controlled trial of parent therapeutic education on antibiotics to improve parent satisfaction and attitudes in a pediatric emergency department.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate therapeutic education delivered in a pediatric emergency department to improve parents' satisfaction and attitudes about judicious antibiotic use.
  
  
  METHODS
  In an emergency department of a tertiary pediatric hospital, children aged 1 month to 6 years and discharged with an oral antibiotic prescription for an acute respiratory or urinary tract infection were randomized to a patient therapeutic education on antibiotic use (intervention group) or fever control (control group) delivered to the parents (in the presence of the children) by a pharmacist trained in therapeutic education. Education consisted in a 30-minute face-to-face session with four components: educational diagnosis, educational contract, education, and evaluation. The main outcome measure was parent satisfaction about information on antibiotics received at the hospital, as assessed by a telephone interview on day 14. The secondary outcome was attitudes about antibiotic use evaluated on day 14 and at month 6.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 300 randomized children, 150 per arm, 259 were evaluated on day 14. Parent satisfaction with information on antibiotics was higher in the intervention group (125/129, 96.9%, versus 108/130, 83.0%; P=0.002, exact Fisher test).
  
  
  METHODS
  Group parents had higher proportions of correct answers on day 14 to questions on attitudes about judicious antibiotic use than did control-group parents (P=0.017, Mann-Whitney U test).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Therapeutic education delivered by a clinical pharmacist in the pediatric emergency department holds promise for improving the use of antibiotics prescribed to pediatric outpatients.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00948779 http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00948779.
authors.affiliation: AP-HP, Hôpital Robert Debré, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Service d'Accueil des Urgences Pédiatriques, Paris, France ; AP-HP, Hôpital Robert Debré, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Unité d'Épidémiologie Clinique INSERM CIE5, Paris, France.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Angoulvant
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rouault
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prot-Labarthe
authors.forename: Priscilla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boizeau
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Skurnik
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.forename: Jean-Christophe
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Mercier
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alberti
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bourdon
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D010372:Pediatrics; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010595:Pharmacists
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents